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Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bacteriophages, BioEssays, Biological Reviews, cellular life, censorship, cytoplasm, Dave Speijer, Evolution News, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, mitochondria, nucleic acid, proteins, viruses}

Revising the Linnaean System: Where to Locate Viruses? And the Problem with Mitochondria

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November 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The venue for a remarkable call for government censorship of science was a peer-reviewed biology journal. Read More ›

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Date
November 12, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, cheating, chess, design detection, Eric Anderson, ID the Future, mathematician, podcast, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski}

Did Chess Ace Hans Niemann Cheat? A Design Detection Poser

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November 12, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

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At first glance the problem might seem far removed from the design detecting rules William Dembski laid out in his Cambridge University Press monograph. Read More ›

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Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artistry, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, Cicero, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, DNA, eugenics, evolution, George Gaylord Simpson, Giuseppe Sermonti, intelligent design, Islam, jesus, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Marco Respinti, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Nobel Prize, Plato, Pope Benedict XVI, Psalms, Racism, software, St. Paul, Stephen Meyer, The Magician's Twin}

The Relevance of Intelligent Design to Science and Society: A Primer

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November 10, 2022

Bioethics, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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"ID is one of the foundational ideas in the history of civilization. It has deep roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions and among non-Christian thinkers." Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, beavers, chance, evolution, humans, intelligent design, intentionality, natural selection, salmon, selection pressure, University of Helsinki, whales}

What’s “Natural”? Engineering Creates a Conundrum for Evolutionists

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November 9, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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I do not know Dr. Merilä’s stance on human origins, but it is a safe bet that he denies intelligent design, and believes humans evolved from other animals. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 9, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Christianity, evolutionary processes, Higher Criticism, logic, nature, nihilism, On the Origin of Species, poetry, spirituality, Thomas Malthus, Victorian England, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

William Wordsworth’s Posthumous Challenge to Darwinian Nihilism

_{Neil Thomas
November 9, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Paradoxically, Wordsworth's theology may have formed a more effective counterforce to Darwin's ideas than Biblical orthodoxy itself. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 8, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, agnosticism, atheism, Bible, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, Christianity, faith, Great Britain, nature, Psalms, theology, UK Parliament, Victorian England, William James, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

Wordsworth and the Faith of the Victorians

_{Neil Thomas
November 8, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Even Charles Bradlaugh, the first atheist member of Parliament, was haunted by the psalmist’s reproach, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 8, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, brain activity, consciousness, death, evolution, faith, heart, life after death, materialism, natural selection, near-death experiences, New York University, perception, physicians, Sam Parnia, theology, thinking}

Does a New Scientific Study Offer Evidence of Life after Death?

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November 8, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Medicine

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Maybe there is no evolutionary explanation. There is certainly no discernible natural-selection benefit. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 7, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, China, Christianity, Eucharist, Europe, history, India, Jesus Christ, John Keats, John Milton, Middle Ages, Middle East, nature, Paradise Lost, poets, Roman Catholic, Thomas Aquinas, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

The Apotheosis of William Wordsworth

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November 7, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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What many responded to in Wordsworth’s evocations of Nature’s sacrality was his restoration of a partially obscured link between Nature and the divine. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 6, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Bible, Christianity, cosmogony, earth, Heaven, Hell, Matthew Arnold, Mircea Eliade, poetry, The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

Wordsworth: Disciples at Home and Abroad

_{Neil Thomas
November 6, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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In 1848 Ralph Waldo Emerson is on record as having paid a return visit to the then aged Wordsworth. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 5, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, bestseller, Charles Darwin, George Eliot, Harriet Martineau, John Stuart Mill, nature, poets, transcendence, Victorian England, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

Wordsworth: The Sage of the Lakes

_{Neil Thomas
November 5, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Wordsworth gave rise not just to a minority group of high-culture admirers but to a popular revolution in ordinary people’s thinking. Read More ›